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PATENT,

FFICE PHILLIP MUNTZ, OF CONIVAY SPRINGS, KANSAS.

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SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 456,052, dated July 14,1891.

Application filed May 14, 1891.

T0 at whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, PHILLIP MUNTZ, a citizen of the United States ofAmerica, residing at Conway Springs, in the countyof' Sumner and Stateof Kansas, have invented certain new and usefullmprovements in'Tables;and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exactdescription of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in theart to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being hadto the accompanying drawings, and to letters of reference markedthereon,which form a part of this specification. This invention relatesto improvements in folding tables. v v

The object of the invention is to provide a table which can be readilyfolded, said table being provided with tops or leaves which can besecured to the supporting-frame in several positions; and it consists inthe construction and combination of the parts, as will be hereinafterfully set forth, and particularlypointed out in the claims.

In the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification, Figurel is a side view of a table constructed in accordance with my invention.Fig. 2 is an end View of the same. Fig. 3 is a vertical sectional viewshowing the leaves secured to the supportingframe in a differentposition. Fig. at is a plan view showing theleaves in the position shownof one of the leaves detached.

The stand or support is made up of two similarly-shaped base-pieces A A,to which legs being pivotally attached to the depending side rails O ofthe top D.

A brace-bar E is pivotally attached to one of the base-pieces, the lowerend being curved, as shown, while the upper end is apertured forengagement with one of the series of pins 6, which project from the rail0. By means of this brace-bar the height of the table can be varied asmay be desired, and when the brace is detached from one of the pins thestand or support can be folded to occupy but A bail or loop 0, which ismade up of a bar of metal bent as shown in Fig. 1, is pivotally securedto. the rail to swing in its bearings, and when turned down it will lieover the brace E and prevent it becoming cle- Serial No. 392,755. (Nomodel.)

tached from the pin e. The side rails C are provided with apertures a,b, and cl, the use of which will be hereinafter set forth.

The top D is provided atopposite ends with recesses g and intermediatelywith apertures 7th and 7) 1', which extend through the top. Adjacent tothese apertures the top is slightly beveled, as shown in Fig. 4.

The leaves G are each provided with aturnbutton 70, loop is, and endloops H, which are so positioned on the leaves that when the loops ZZare passed through the apertures it the sides of the loop It will passinto the recesses g g, and when the parts are so positioned theycan belooked upon the top D by rods or lock-bars m m. The leaves may be placedon the table crosswise with the top, as shown in Figs. 1, 2, and 4, andwhen in sucha position the center loop should be passed through one ofthe apertures 71, and when so positioned and locked in place theturn-button is can engage the edge of the top D. It will be noted thatthe leaves taper slightly on one edge, and when they are placed upon thetop D, as shown in Fig. at, the top will form a parallelogram, and whenplaced end for end, as shown in Fig. 3, a long narrow table will beprovided slightly wider at one end than the other, and may be used as anironing-board.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is

1. In combination with a stand having a top D, with apertures h h and c't' and end recesses g g, leaves G, having loops Z Z and 7.2, andlocking-bars m for securin g the leaves to the top, substantially as setforth.

2. In combination with a top- D, having apertures h h, leaves G, havingloops k and turn-buttons 70, substantially as set forth.

In combination with the top D, suitably supported and provided withdepending rails 0, having apertures a, b, and d, the top D, havingapertures h h, t' t, andg g, leaves G G, having end loops 1 Z, centerloop is, and turnbuttons 7r, substantially as set forth.

t A stand for the purpose set forth, consisting of the base-pieces A A,crossed legs B B, pivoted thereto, depending rails O O, to which thesupporting-legs B B are pivoted, projecting pins 6 e, and brace-rod E,apertured at its upper end and provided with a curved lower end which ispivoted to one of the base to be turned over the pins a, substantiallyas pieces beyond the leg B, substantially as set set forth. [0 forth. Intestimony whereof I affix my signature in 5. In combinationwithasnpportconstrnetpresence of two Witnesses. 5 ed substantially asshown and provided with PHILLIP MUNTZ.

a pivoted brace E, rails 0, having projecting Vitnesses: pins whichengage the upper end of the brace J. C. DUDLEY,

E, anda loop 0, pivoted to the rail and adapted F. L. \VARBURTON.

